Apparatus and methods for aerating a body of water

• US 3,320,928 A
• Filed: 10/23/1965
• Issued: 05/23/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Cornelius Smith Oscar
• Original Assignee: Cornelius Smith Oscar
• Inventors: CORNELIUS SMITH OSCAR
• Application Number:
  US04/503,827
• Time in Patent Office: 577 Days
• US Class Current: 119/200
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 63/042 Introducing gases into the water, e.g. aerators, air pumps
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 7/00 Aeration of stretches of water
• CPC Class Codes: Y02W 10/10 Biological treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 261/75 Flowing liquid aspirates gas

Claims

10. A METHOD OF AERATING A BODY OF WATER SERVING AS A HABITAT FOR AQUATIC LIFE COMPRISING THE STEPS OF:

(A) PROVIDING A SUPPLY OF AIR;

(B) PUMPING THE AIR FROM THE AIR SUPPLY BY A PUMPING MEANS;

(C) CONVEYING THE PUMPED AIR FROM THE PUMPING MEANS TO GENERALLY THE BOTTOM OF THE BODY OF WATER;

(D) EXPELLING THE CONVEYED AIR INTO THE BODY OF WATER SO THAT THE AIR WILL BUBBLE UP THROUGH THE BODY OF WATER TO THE SURFACE THEREOF FOR AERATING THE BODY OF WATER;